Court Cases

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas & Western Missouri filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kelly Glossip, whose partner, Dennis Engelhard, was a state trooper killed in the line of duty while responding to an accident on Christmas Day of 2009.

Students of Camdenton R-III School District were concerned that results of an upcoming Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) testing and directory information would be provided to the military upon submission of the tests.

The ACLU-EM filed suit on behalf of McNeely arguing that the natural dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream does not qualify as an emergency justifying a forced blood draw without a warrant.

On Sept. 6, the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Cape Girardeau on behalf of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (TAK).

On Sept. 4, United States District Eastern District of Missouri Judge John A. Ross approved a consent judgment in a lawsuit against the city of St. Ann regarding a restriction of Eileen Grant McGeoghegan’s right to free speech.

United States District Judge Nanette Laughrey granted a preliminary injunction Nov. 15th that requires all Missouri prisons to notify senders whenever written materials they send are censored, seized and withheld from prisoners.